L-3 Communications (NYSE: LLL) announced today that its Link Simulation &
Training (L-3 Link) division has won the recompete for the U.S. Air Force's
Predator Mission Aircrew Training System (PMATS) program. The recompete
contract awarded to L-3 Link by the U.S. Air Force's Life Cycle Management
Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, includes transitional funding
that extends through September 2013, in addition to six one-year contract
options.

“The U.S. Air Force became our first unmanned aircraft system training
customer in 2005 and we are honored to have been selected to continue as prime
contractor on the Predator Mission Aircrew Training System,” said Steve
Kantor, president of L-3's Electronic Systems Group. “Our PMATS system is a
proven, efficient and cost-effective platform for unmanned aircraft
simulation, and we remain committed to providing MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper
combat operators with a maximum level of training realism as they prepare to
undertake missions of global vigilance, reach and power.”

Initial transitional funding will be used to provide L-3 Link's ongoing
contractor logistics support and Training System Support Center activities for
all 26 PMATS devices located at Air Force installations throughout the
continental United States. The Air Force could exercise contract options
calling for L-3 Link to build over 50 additional PMATS devices. L-3 Link will
also be responsible for follow-on concurrency between PMATS devices and the
unmanned aircraft through 2019.